IBM TS2280, Setup, Operator, And Service Manual

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Updating firmware through the host interface
When drive firmware is updated with the host interface, the procedure varies depending on whether
your server uses an IBM tape device driver or a non-IBM tape device driver (such as a driver from Sun,
Hewlett-Packard, or Microsoft).
For instructions about updating firmware from a server that uses an IBM tape device driver, refer to the
IBM Ultrium Device Drivers Installation and User 's Guide.
To update firmware from a server that uses a non-IBM tape device driver, refer to the documentation for
that device driver.
ITDT firmware update, dump retrieval and library/drive test tool
ITDT is a tool with multiple functional capabilities and is a quick, convenient, and efficient method for
both drive and library firmware updates. As a note, both drive and library memory dump retrievals can
be completed by the tool as well.
Some of the capabilities of this tool:
v Firmware update capability to all IBM LTO Tape Drive and Tape Library products.
v The tool does not require any special device drivers.
v The tool is available for most major platforms (Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, i5/OS).
v The tool can upload drive and library dump files.
v The tool 's primary function is thoroughly testing a drive. However, if the library is online to the
server/host where the tool resides, ITDT communicates with the drive through the library to load and
unload a test cartridge, exercising some library functions.
v The tool scans the host bus and finds and displays for selection all IBM LTO devices. The tool does not
display and allow for selection any non-IBM device.
v Each function has a "Help" selection that explains the required syntax and a brief explanation of the
particular function.
v A readme text file is posted with the .exe for a thorough explanation of initial tool download
information from the web and an explanation of tool capabilities. For more information about tool
usage, see the ITDT readme text file. For more information about the ITDT site, see
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
v The tool is available in two editions, ITDT-SE (Standard Edition) and ITDT-GE (Graphical Edition).
Information about the ITDT editions can be found at http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Updating the firmware with an FMR tape cartridge
Attention: A SAS drive requires a SAS firmware image. Other types of firmware images do not load on
the SAS drive.
To update the drive 's firmware from an FMR tape cartridge:
1. Create an FMR tape (see “Function code 3: Create FMR tape” on page 25). A single FMR tape can be
used to update multiple drives if the drives are the same drive type (for example, LTO 8) and host
interface (for example, SAS).
2. Update the drive firmware (see “Function code 2: Update drive firmware from FMR tape” on page
24).
After the drive firmware is updated, the FMR tape can be used as a data cartridge by with the "Unmake
FMR Tape" function (see “Function code 8: Unmake FMR tape” on page 28).
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